Corset



(Model) A. L. ZORKOWS KI.

Corset.

No. 238,072. Patented Feb. 22, I881.

NJEI'ERS. PHOTD-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTQN, D\u.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM L. ZOBKOWSKI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ISAAC NEWMAN, OFNEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 238,072, dated February22, 1881.

Application filed September 22, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, ABRAHAM L. ZORKOW- sin, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCorsets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to dispense with the use of bones orsteels on the sides of corsets by substituting therefor piping orcording, and in having the same so arranged in groups or layers runningat or nearly at right angles to each other, so as to form sufficientlystiff sides for the corset, and at the same time allow the same to moreevenly and snugly fit the body of the wearer than would be possible ifbones or steels were used. They also afford the wearer more freedom andcomfort by their use.

My invention consists in the arrangement of one or more groups or seriesof vertical cords on the sides of corsets and one or more groups orseries of lateral cords, preferably on bands stitched over the same andinto the corset at their edges, with a space between each of said bands.This will give suflicient stiifness to support thecorsetin position andkeep it in shape, while the space between the bands affords the corsetsufficient elasticity or flexibility to conform to the shape and add tothe comfort of the wearer, as well as make the corset last longer thanit would if bones or steels were used, as there will be nothing hard tocut the fabric at the point where the bones usually project; and wherebones or steels running laterally at the bottom or hip portion of thecorset are used, as in some corsets, for support, they invariably breakor permit the corset to warp and our], which my improvement willprevent.

The drawing represents a side view of a corset showing my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

In the case here presented A A represent a series of parallel cordsarranged vertically on the sides of the corset in the usual manner ofpiping.

B B represent a series of bands, strips, or zones, each having a groupor series of parallel cords, C C, running lengthwise therewith.

over bone strips which run vertically.

These bands are set over the vertical cording A A, and are secured intheir several places by stitching along their edges D, and theextremities are stitched between the front and back sections, E E. Thesecordings may be made of any soft, fibrous, flexible material.

I preferably make they corset with one wide band or zone at the middleof the corset, with two or more smaller bands or zones above and below,all running laterally. Instead of the bands the groups of horizontalcords may be on continuous cloth, and the bands might run verticallyinstead of horizontally; or both the vertical and horizontal cords mightbe on bands somewhat separated from one another.

I am aware that bones, horns, and steels have been used laterally anddiagonally on the sides of corsets. This I do not claim. Neither do Iclaim the use of the vertical cording alone, as I am aware that this hasbeen used in corsets.

I am also aware that in skeleton-corsets simple bands have been arrangedcrosswise These I do not claim; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A corset provided at its sides with vertical groups of cords withintervening spaces extending from top to bottom, and separated groups ofcords crossin gthe said vertical groups at right angles, or nearly so,the respective vertical and horizontal groups of cords being stitched toseparate bands or strips of cloth, and the outer strips being stitchedto the under strips, and both stitched to or joined with the front andback sections of the corset, substantially as and for the purpose hereinspecified.

2. A corset provided with groups of cords extending in vertical andhorizontal directions and crossing each other at the sides of thecorset, the said groups, one or both sets, being stitched to bands orstrips of cloth somewhat separated, and the said bands stitched to thecorset, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

ABRAHAM L. ZORKOWSKI.

Witnesses:

. ABR. GRUBER,

J AMES E. CLARK.

